[Assignments] Assign to by Group for Individual Assignment

[ashley_harvey]

This idea was submitted previously and archived (see below). I would also request the same thing. For individual assignments, I would like to be able to "Assign to" by Group. I often divide the class into groups with varying discussion assignments or assignment due dates, yet these are individual assignments. I teach large classes, so it is too much work to type in individual names repeatedly.

Assign to" Student Groups for Individual Assessment

Created on Oct 14, 2015 8:05 AM by Crystal Trotter    

I want to be able to create Groups based on their modification or need and assign it to that group.Currently we have teachers who have to type in a LOT of student names when it's a modified assignment. Being able to pre-create groups with those students in them and assign or exclude that group would save a lot of time.

[biray]

While the differentiated group assignments has evolved, it sounds like there are still parts of it that can be enhanced.

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[cgurysh]

Differentiated Quiz groups is a  must! Differentiated assignments does not help a teacher who needs to give differentiated assessments to different tiers of students within a class. Typing in the names of each tier group member is cumbersome for our teachers. Some of our inclusion classes have three or four different versions of a test being given in order to meet the modification or accommodation needs of each special ed student. I am really surprised this feature does not already exist. I marked my calendar to vote for this idea June 1!

[julie_byers]

Thank you Ashley!  There should be a way for teachers to create a grouping of students in order to assign individual assignments thereby meeting federal law in implementing a student's individual education plan.  Currently, it is too cumbersome to individually assign the different versions of assignments, quizzes, and discussions to all 162 students each time.

[Renee_Carney]

This idea has moved to the next stage and will be open for voting among the Canvas Community, from Wed. June 1, 2016 - Wed. September 7, 2016.

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[crystal_trotter]

I clicked to Vote Up and it showed it as Voting Down. I had to click Voting Up Again to fix it. Then two of peers had the same problem. = ( They changed it to Vote up Again too, but that's scary.

[DrNufer]

It's a conspiracy.  Fight the man, man...

[prodrigu]

I am sure I voted but I dont see may name? Did my vote count? ups, smells like presidential elections...i hope not!

[Renee_Carney]

Yes, that was a Jive bug, that has been corrected.  To fix this, you just need to click 'vote up' again.

[Renee_Carney]

The 'voted' list is a known issue with Jive that has not been corrected.  If your button shows that 'vote up' has been selected, it counted.

[lestermj]

Oh no!!  I just discovered this thread, and its a day late.  Voting still looks open, what threshold did this need to reach?  I was just trying to assign a group of students an individual assignment and was planning on using this quite a lot for my EC, AIG, ELL, and low literacy students.  The sooner we can get this functionality the better Canvas will be.

/Great discussion to read through.